Hanafi school

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The Hanafi school is the oldest and one of the most widely followed Sunni Islamic legal schools, known for its flexible and rationalist approach to jurisprudence.

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instanceOf Sunni Islamic legal school
madhhab
characteristic acceptance of juristic preference
consideration of local custom
extensive use of analogical reasoning
flexible approach to jurisprudence
rationalist approach to jurisprudence
denominationOf Sunni Islam
developedBy Abu Yusuf
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl
foundedBy Abu Hanifa
foundedInCentury 8th century
foundedInRegion Iraq
Kufa
hasSubtradition Deobandi Sunni Islam
surface form: Deobandi movement (within Hanafi jurisprudence)

Maturidi theological alignment (common among Hanafis)
historicallyAdoptedBy Abbasid Caliphate
surface form: Abbasid Caliphate (in practice in many courts)

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire

Ottoman Empire
influenced Mughal legal system
Ottoman legal system
modern personal status laws in several Muslim-majority countries
influencedBy Abu Hanifa
isOldestOf Sunni fiqh
surface form: Sunni madhhabs
isOneOf four major Sunni schools of law
languageOfClassicalTexts Arabic
legalMethodology ijma
istihsan
qiyas
urf
namedAfter Abu Hanifa
notableText Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
al-Kafi
surface form: al-Kafi by al-Hakim al-Shahid

al-Mabsut by al-Sarakhsi
otherSunniSchools Hanbali school
Maliki school
Shafi'i school
surface form: Shafi‘i school
primarySources Quran
Sunnah
analogical reasoning
consensus of companions
custom
juristic preference
religion Islam
widelyFollowedIn Afghanistan
Balkans
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: Bangladesh

Central Asia
India
Pakistan
Turkey
parts of the Middle East

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Abu Hanifa founderOf Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic law
Abu Hanifa jurisprudenceSchool Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Abu Hanifa influenced Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi jurisprudence
Mukhtasar al-Quduri by al-Quduri madhhab Hanafi school
subject surface form: Mukhtasar al-Quduri
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Abu Yusuf madhhab Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Abu Yusuf legalSchool Hanafi school
Maghrib legalSchoolPractice Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl legalSchool Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl schoolOfThought Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi fiqh
Torbeši religiousTradition Hanafi school
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani legalSchool Hanafi school
subject surface form: Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani
this entity surface form: Hanafi
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani legalSchool Hanafi school
subject surface form: Al-Hidaya
this entity surface form: Hanafi
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani mainSubject Hanafi school
subject surface form: Al-Hidaya
this entity surface form: Hanafi fiqh
Zaza people religion Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Ottoman law influencedBy Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Islamic jurisprudence
Umdat al-Qari madhhab Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Teke religion Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
Ersari religiousTradition Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
Saryk religiousTradition Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
mutawatir hadith isAcceptedBy Hanafi school
Bukhara school of Islamic theology associatedMadhhab Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Islam in South Asia majorSchoolOfLaw Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Saryk Turkmens religionBranch Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi Sunni Islam
Zaydi fiqh sharesFeaturesWith Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi fiqh
Hotaki associatedReligionBranch Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Sunni Islam (Hanafi school)
Göklen Turkmen religionBranch Hanafi school
Hotak tribe historicalReligion Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Sunni Islam (Hanafi school)
Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd compares Hanafi school
subject surface form: Bidayat al-Mujtahid
Kyrgyz people religiousTradition Hanafi school
Islamic period hasLegalSchool Hanafi school
Hyderabadi Muslims majoritySchoolOfLaw Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
North Indian Muslims follow Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
Māturīdism associatedWithMadhhab Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Māturīdism associatedWith Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi jurists
Anglo-Muhammadan law formulations basedOn Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi fiqh
qadiasker (military judge) basedOn Hanafi school
subject surface form: qadiasker
this entity surface form: Hanafi jurisprudence
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi associatedMadhhab Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi jurisprudenceSchool Hanafi school
this entity surface form: Hanafi fiqh